// Station · 41m ago

ETHF

Fritzlar Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 23°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 565 FT

51.1146°N / 9.2860°E

LOCATION · Fritzlar, DE

WIND

090°8 kt

ETHF · 565 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060

T / Td

23 / 9

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Moderate winds at 090°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ETHF 251620Z 09008KT 9999 -RA BKN060 23/09 Q1015 BLU BLU

ETHF · day 25 at 16:20 UTC · wind from 090° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,413'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,565 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +9°C

1,600FT

+1,035 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV565 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT512 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDQD (Bayreuth Airport, Bindlach, elev 1,601 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,181 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:26ZSUNRISE

11:26ZSOLAR NOON

18:26ZSUNSET

19:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:02Z (2h 01m) DAY LENGTH14h 00m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:30Z MOONSET04:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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